Ploos Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Ploos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ploos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1381:122,37119,176
South Africa281:1,934,91888,980
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Ploos Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ploos Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ploos is found most in The Netherlands. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ploos? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,210,518th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 37,564,670 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 73 percent of Ploos are found; 73 percent are found in Western Europe and 72 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 138 people, or 1 in 122,371. In The Netherlands Ploos is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 28 percent reside, North Brabant, where 19 percent reside and South Holland, where 17 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 11 percent reside.

Ploos Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Ploos has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Ploos surname expanded 2,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ploos Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ploos last name are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ploos earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 53.51% more than the national average, earning R 364,800 per year and in United States they earn 42.82% less than the national average, earning $24,674 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Plos891,239/
Ploo891/
Ploss801,048/
Plooy80661/
Plosz80115/
Plous80106/
Plost8082/
Plots8078/
Plose8058/
Plois8040/
Ploot8039/
Plohs8029/
Phlos8014/
Ploes8013/
Plios804/
Plods802/
Plood801/
Phloo801/
Pluos800/
Ploop800/
Plo751,735/
Pillos731,962/
Plotts731,315/
Plooij73370/
Pellos73316/
Plouse73220/
Plosch7318/
Ploehs7315/
Plosse733/
Plouts732/
Ploesh732/
Phloot731/
Plyoss731/
Pilloo731/
Plouss731/
Plyots731/
Bplyos731/
Ploess730/
Ploesz730/
Plas675,290/
Plot671,866/
Plop671,772/
Plou671,078/
Ploj67820/
Plus67790/
Ploß67531/
Ploh67381/
Pellois67252/
Ploc67250/
Ploy67190/
Pillois67183/
Pillods67182/
Plosová6763/
Ploesch6759/
Ploč6736/
Ploi6731/
Pellios6728/
Phlo6723/
Puellos6722/
Pleo6721/
Plousse6716/
Pellous6713/
Pillost679/
Plio679/
Plod678/
Pillios676/
Bplo674/
Pluo673/
Ploa673/
Plosova672/
Plosche672/
Plyo671/
Plgo671/
Plás671/
Plyotts671/
Ploz671/
Hplo671/
Pillous671/
Plox671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ploos
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